Chapter Fifteen: Tang Blade Nine Successive Strikes

  Jian Gui was shocked by Gu Fei's equipment as soon as he saw him, and he didn't even think of using "Appraisal" to take a closer look. To be honest, there was no need for that either. Gu Fei's equipment was all ordinary roadside goods, not particularly good or bad in any way. The truly top-notch ones were those that had put in the effort from their appearance alone, such as "Frosty Memories".

  Listening to the incessant wails of those monsters on that side, Sword Demon couldn't bear it anymore.

  How on earth did he manage to hunt the monster? As a player who was already familiar with all the skills in the game, Jian Gui could usually make an educated guess about someone's hunting style just by listening to the sounds, but at this moment, he couldn't figure out Gu Fei's actions.

  For players like Jian Gui who are meticulous in studying various skills in the game, they can no longer hold back their curiosity and are ready to take a closer look.

  To get first-hand real materials, Jian Gui chose to use "Lurking" and quietly approached.

  The skills in the "parallel world" are not a one-time effort, but require continuous practice to improve. The improved value is called proficiency, and the higher the proficiency, the better the skill effect. There are many ways to improve skill proficiency, such as usual use, or rewards from some tasks, or some props, etc.

  Lurking is obviously one of the most important skills for thieves, and a veteran player like Sword Ghost knows its importance all too well, so he has been constantly practicing it and has now reached a very high level. From the description alone, it seems that Sword Ghost's lurking skill currently has no time limit, as long as he doesn't attack or get attacked, he can remain in a state of lurking forever. Absolutely an essential technique for sneaking around undetected.

  Jian Gui was lurking like this, passing through the sparse forest, and finally saw Gu Fei.

  There was no wind by the forest, but Jian Gui clearly felt a faint coolness, the kind that came from deep within.

  Gu Fei's monster-killing mode thoroughly destroyed the online gaming common sense he had accumulated over the years.

  With a swift and agile movement, the long robes of the Taoist priest fluttered in the wind, half of his face hidden under a worn-out straw hat. With a flash of his hand and a slash of his knife, cold light danced around him, and the wails of the monsters were incessantly let out. What was astonishing was that Gu Fei's hand actually held a knife.

  The sword's appearance was similar to a Tang knife, and in Gu Fei's hands it danced quickly, dispersing the Sword Ghost's online gaming common sense with each slash.

  Gu Fei's attack was beautiful, so perfect it left no room for improvement.

  But again beautiful, this is also an ordinary attack!

  A lawman holding a knife handle, using ordinary attacks to brush monsters, brushing faster than him. If this is said, would anyone believe it? Jian Gui was bewildered.

  However, after a closer look, Jian Gui also sensed some subtlety in Gu Fei's monster-killing technique.

  Every single knife he attacks with can cause maximum damage!

  In online games, the damage value of a weapon is often set as an interval from minimum to maximum. The difference between the two ends of this interval can be quite large, with the minimum and maximum values being in completely different leagues. There has always been debate over whether it's better to choose a weapon with high maximum damage or one with a smaller interval for greater stability. How to bring out the maximum damage potential of a weapon is also a puzzle. In the end, what players can accept is relying on RP...

  But in the "Parallel World", this completely simulated online game, Jian Gui has already vaguely felt that the maximum damage and minimum damage are no longer a matter of RP, but rather in the hands of the players themselves.

  According to Kaito's initial estimate, the more accurate each attack is and the better the force is grasped, the higher the damage will be.

  The Gu Fei in front of him was like this.

  Jian Gui believed that every strike of his, even if it didn't reach the maximum damage, wouldn't be far off. Jian Gui had been training here for a long time and was very clear about the health points of these small monsters. Just now, he counted the number of knives needed to knock down a small monster by Gu Fei, and after a slight calculation, he already knew the damage of one knife. Combining Gu Fei's identity as a mage, he determined that every knife was aimed at maximum damage.

  Operation! At this moment, the word suddenly flashed into Jian Gui's mind.

  Who says holographic online games don't have operations? This is an operation, a more powerful operation than the usual online game of clicking the mouse and smashing the keyboard!

  This pursuit of maximum damage... all right, let's call it extreme operation! Kengou seemed to have suddenly seen a new world and couldn't help but get excited.

  At this moment, Gu Fei clearly began to retreat while fighting, chopping monsters on one side and taking small steps backward.

  "How can he rest too?" Jian Gui wondered, he hadn't seen Gu Fei get hurt at all! Although the game had a fatigue system, to be honest, this setting was quite hindering for players. Think about it, if it were like a normal person's physical strength, with such high-frequency battles, they would probably be exhausted in just a few minutes, how could you play the game then?

  So although the fatigue system does exist, in reality it decreases at a very slow rate. Players jokingly refer to it as an anti-addiction system. On the other hand, it mocks the game company's psychology of not wanting players to play less.

  Isn't the decrease in fatigue under extreme operation extremely rapid? Sword Demon thought to himself. If that's the case, then it's a bit of a loss, because the rate at which fatigue decreases is slow, and recovery is also slow. Currently, there isn't any way to quickly recover, one can only spend time waiting, although downtime is also counted. However, in Sword Demon's eyes, this was absolutely not worth it.

  Anyway, Gu Fei was clearly fighting while retreating, and the monsters being led by him were also cleared one by one. The newly spawned ones were not within the active attack range, so they didn't chase after him. By the time he retreated to the edge of the forest, a single slash took care of the last monster.

  Fantastic! The sword demon secretly shouted. This road back, just grasping the accuracy, is enough to reach the extreme operation of these four words.

  But the best is yet to come. After the monster was cut down, Gu Fei held his knife in one hand and adjusted his grass hat with the other, revealing a pair of eyes that had been hidden under the brim, looking in the direction where Jian Gui was, and smiled, saying: "What's up?"

  The swordsman turned his head and didn't see anyone behind him.

  "Are you talking about me? Can you see me?" Jian Gui's face was full of surprise.

  "It's invisible, but I can feel it," Gu Fei said.

  "How is this possible!" Jian Gui exclaimed, suddenly recalling the day of their PK match, his own backstab move. At that time, he thought it was just a momentary manifestation of his attack, but Gu Fei had sensed it and quickly turned around to grab him.

  Look again! Did he know all along that I was lurking nearby?

  What is this? Is this also an operation? Jian Gui was bewildered.

  "I'm telling you, show your true form quickly!" Gu Fei shouted. He knew that Jian Gui existed, but he couldn't see him either. Jian Gui's voice always came from the air, and this scene was really too strange.

  The sword demon retracted its ambush, and a human figure gradually emerged from the shadows.

  "Anything wrong?" Gu Fei asked further.

  "I want to see how you fight monsters," said Jian Gui.

  "How is it?" Gu Fei smiled.

  "Very good!" Sword Demon nodded.

  "My Tang sword has nine consecutive..."

  "Nine-linked Tanto?"

  "Hmm!" Gu Fei nodded.

  What is this? Is this the name of his move? Tang Knife, two years ago there was a wuxia online game that had this kind of equipment, it's quite low-level. Xianggui thought to himself, his rich experience and knowledge were limited to online games, the famous Tang Knife, what came to mind was actually just a humble piece of equipment.

  "Diverting Triple Slash!" Gu Fei suddenly shouted, his wrist twisting, the knife in his hand whipping up to make three swift horizontal slashes at the air.

  "Three Slash Wave!" As soon as the words left his mouth, his aura changed, like a fierce tiger descending from the mountain, and he made three swift slashes in front of him.

  "Blazing Sun Three Styles!" The sword shrank in front of his body, then shook his arm and made three consecutive points.

  "With the Tang sword's nine consecutive moves, one can skillfully apply the three techniques of cutting, chopping and thrusting, blending them together seamlessly. Without a decade or so of hard work, it's truly impossible to master. What does my little bit count for?" Gu Fei smiled self-mockingly.

  Jian Gui simply nodded blankly. He didn't understand what Gu Fei was saying at all, and in his eyes, the few moves Gu Fei had just made were far less brilliant than when they were fighting monsters before.

  "Right, what can I do for you?" Gu Fei asked.

  Jian Gui had been hesitating for a while, but after seeing Gu Fei's "extreme operation" just now, he finally made up his mind: "I have a friend who wants to find a few people to form a mercenary group, I don't know if you're interested?"

  "Mercenary Troop?"

  "Don't you know?"

  "Of course I know." Guanzhu had paid attention to all aspects of the game, so how could he not know about the two major organizational settings in the game?

  Guilds and Mercenary Groups.

  Guilds are like clans in general online games. In Parallel World, a guild can be formed when one person nominates and twenty people respond.

  The mercenary group is a new setting that differs from ordinary online games. It has no number requirements, and even one person can declare the establishment of a mercenary organization. Then, by receiving mercenary tasks issued by the system, players can earn money, experience or other rewards. In addition, players or guilds can also go to the mercenary association in the game to post tasks, submit rewards, and if there are players who accept the task and complete it, they can also earn rewards. Of course, rewards provided by players themselves cannot be experience, but mostly money or equipment.

  There is no conflict between the guild and the mercenary group, which means that people from different guilds can also form the same mercenary group. However, the current mainstream trend is for guilds to build their own mercenary groups. Because although a mercenary group can be established with just one person, looking at the system-published mercenary tasks, there are basically no tasks that can be completed by one person alone. This kind of lone heroism will probably only be suitable for some simple tasks published by players in the future! Therefore, a guild cultivating a powerful mercenary group has become a rather popular thing to do in the game at present.

  Gu Fei smiled and said: "What, you want me to join your Heaven Defying Mercenary Group?"

  Jian Gui smiled wryly: "The Inverse Heaven has already dispersed."

  "Ah, why?" Gu Fei was puzzled. The guild must have been established by a level 30 player and responded to by players above level 20. Jian Gui had already reached level 30, and Gu Fei thought his inverted guild had been established for a long time.

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